Error indicates overheating but temperature is still within safe range.
Error indicates overheating but temperature is still within safe range.
Hello everyone, I’m currently using a Xeon X5660 running on an Asus Rampage III Gene with a 120mm AIO. I managed to push the CPU to a 3.6GHz overclock at 1.3v and it ran smoothly under a modest FFT Prime95 workload, keeping temperatures below 70°C across all cores. But after roughly 20 minutes, the system crashes and restarts, showing the AMI post screen with a message about CPU overheating and asking to press F1 to continue. This is puzzling since the HWINFO reports the CPU temperature is only 30°C above TJMAX, which shouldn’t trigger any warnings. I’ve checked the BIOS but couldn’t find any option to suppress this error. Any advice or guidance would be really helpful. Thanks a lot!
System Specs: Xeon X5660 Asus Rampage III Gene 6x2Gb, OCZ Gold 1600MHz CL7 GTX Titan Black Seasonic Prime Platinum 750W, Windows 10 21H2, all drivers current, latest BIOS.
You likely have a core spike issue. 96c reaches its T-junction limit, and 81.3 is its Tcase peak. At this temperature, x58 chips begin to degrade during overclocking. In the BIOS monitoring area, set the CPU temperature to ignore, but I recommend focusing on cooling solutions first—consider trying alternative temperature monitoring tools like CoreTemp to verify accuracy.
Creating a custom loop sounds enjoyable, yet I’d allocate the money to genuinely improve the platform.